Time

Time You are a master manipulator The Jekyll and Hyde of then and now At first, you're in my favor But then a drifting shroud Boastfully, you dance to the wind Taking away my breath Shriveling up my, once soft skin Taunting me with my death Tick, tock, tick, tock My heartbeat is relentless But only till the day it stops You make sure I don't forget this I began repurposing calendars As my trash was overflowing It seems my personal caliper Has shrunk without me knowing Once upon a stage of my days You were merely an illusion Despite the things adults would say You insisted on confusion The future, past and present All belong to you You dispose my every second Doing that thing you do